Actual Soviet Visuals

Visuals from the #SovietUnion (1922-1991), including paintings and architecture.

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Soviet swimmer Maria Havrish congratulates her rival Elena Kovalenko, who defeated her in the breaststroke competition at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow, 1956

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Arkady Shaikhet, Greeting Cheluskin Men (1934)

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"Symphony of the 6th Blast Furnace" painting by Evgeny Sedukhin, USSR, 1979

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In the Kremlin, May 24, 1945 (1947) - Dmitry Arkadievich Nalbandyan (1906-1993)

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"We vote for 'Freedom and Democracy'!" (Soviet Union, 1981)

Caption: "Those who are used to doing violence to please capital, burn and kill those who firmly stand for freedom, and strangle real freedom fighters."

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Magnitogorsk. Photo by Dmitry Debabov, USSR, 1930

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Victory Day celebration in Moscow, USSR, May 9, 1945

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"Raising a Flag over the Reichstag" by Yevgeny Khaldei. Taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945.

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Members of the #Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment (#NightWitches) enjoying some downtime. Seated in foreground are Irina Fyodorovna Sebrova & Vera Lukianovna Belik. Behind them is Nadezhda (Nadia) Vasil'yevna Popova. All 3 awarded Hero of #SovietUnion. Date & location unknown.

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"Raising a Flag over the Reichstag" by Yevgeny Khaldei. Taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945.

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"Through the Worlds and Centuries" (1965) by Miron Lukianov and Vasily Ostrovsky

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Kalinin Prospekt (now New Arbat Avenue), #Moscow, #USSR (1977). Buildings of the Ministry of Economics.

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#Stalin and #Voroshilov in the #Kremlin (1938) by Aleksandr Gerasimov

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Miron Lukianov and Vasily Ostrovsky, Through the Worlds and Centuries, July 1965

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Kalinin Prospekt (now New Arbat Avenue), Moscow, USSR (1977). Buildings of the Ministry of Economics.

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Aleksandr Gerasimov - Stalin and Voroshilov in the Kremlin (1938)